白衣観音図, White-Robed Kannon, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 32 7/8 in. × 7

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白衣観音図, White-Robed Kannon, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 32 7/8 in. × 71 in. ( × cm), Paintings, The painted dragon and tiger, animals symbolic of yin and yang in Chinese iconography, form a triptych with a serene figure of the Buddhist deity Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) in a white robe. Monochrome ink paintings of Kannon were important in the religious life of the earliest Zen temples of Muromachi Japan

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Size: 3897px × 5199px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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